Jamaica
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Jamaica looking to further develop hydro power sector
sector KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Italian consulting firm, SP Studio Pietrangeli will undertake a J$109 million (US$ One Jamaica dollar = US$0.01 cents) feasibility study on five potential hydro power sites across the island. The Ministry of Energy says it will partner with the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica (PCJ) in undertaking the feasibility project being carried out as part…
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Ja must prepare for a major earthquake – US expert
KINGSTON, Jamaica – United States seismic expert Professor Eric Calais has called for Jamaicans to put in place long-term strategies to prepare for another major earthquake on the island. An article published Monday by the Claims Journal website noted that based on the area's history and active seismic activity, the threat can become real. “It's impossible for scientists to determine…
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PetroCaribe projects face unsure future
KINGSTON, Jamaica – With looming uncertainty over the PetroCaribe Energy Cooperation Agreement, following the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, there is concern that the future of the projects under the cash-rich PetroCaribe Development Fund (PDF) is also unsure. With an asset base of $241.2 billion up to January 2013, the PDF was set up in 2006 to undertake a…
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Changes and youth in West Indies cricket welcome
welcome KINGSTON, Jamaica – CONGRATULATIONS to Jamaican Wycliffe “Dave” Cameron and Dominican Emmanuel Nanthan at being elected to the ultra-important positions of President and vice president, respectively, West Indies Cricket Board. These are positive examples of youth not at all having been wasted on the young! Observing Cameron and Nanthan posing for media photographs reminded me much of the youthful…
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All the best, Mr Cameron
Cameron KINGSTON, Jamaica – Mr Whycliffe 'Dave' Cameron takes the president's chair at the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) at a most interesting time in the game's development across the region. The recent successes of the senior men's and women's teams have heightened expectations of better days ahead for the game. Those expectations will no doubt carry over into how…
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Where’s Jamaica’s Gorbachev?
? KINGSTON, Jamaica – The former USSR was a politically aligned collection of previously independent states that did little more than serve the egotistic, power-hungry needs of leaders such as Josef Stalin, Nikita Khrushchev and Leonid Brezhnev, while countering the superpower status of the United States (US). During the Cold War, the two superpowers attempted to divide the world into…
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Trust deficit: Gov’t, IMF and Haiti
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Call me Thomas if you wish, but on this Easter Sunday, what is being resurrected for me is a deep distrust for those who are elected and appointed to govern us. Despite being full of 'knowledge' based on blind faith that Jesus is coming again as a thief in the night, I am worried that he might…
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Opposition wants full probe
probe KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The main opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has called for a full scale investigation into reports that National Security Minister Peter Bunting had been held up and robbed over the weekend. Opposition spokesman on National Security and Justice Delroy Chuck in a statement said while the JLP had learnt of the “unfortunate incident” and was…
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It wasn’t me! – Security minister confirms robbery of friends at villa
KINGSTON, Jamaica – SECURITY Minister Peter Bunting yesterday attempted to allay fears that he was among a group of persons robbed at a villa in Portland on Saturday night. At least one online news outlet reported that Bunting and a female companion were held up and robbed by thieves who brandished knives at them.
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Caribbean nations search for offshore oil amid spill fears
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) – The turquoise waters that have long brought treasure seekers to the Caribbean now are drawing a new kind of explorer as countries across the region increasingly open their seas to oil exploration. From the Bahamas and Cuba down to Aruba and Suriname, international oil companies are lining up to locate potentially rich offshore deposits in the…
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